Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics: Provisional Woodland Statistics

Introduction The Forestry Commission’s arrangements for pre-release access to Official Statistics are described in a Pre-Release Access Statement¹.

This document supplements the statement by giving the names and/or job titles of all those persons to whom pre-release access has been granted to Provisional Woodland Statistics. The report covers 2 forms of pre-release access:

- Part 1 provides a list of those receiving pre-release access to the Official Statistics in their final form for briefing purposes. As this is a release covering the UK, the pre-release access period is limited to 24 hours.

- Part 2 provides a list of those receiving pre-release access for quality assurance purposes.

The justification for giving advance access to each listed recipient will be available on request.

Sheila Ward Forestry Commission Lead Official for Statistics Updated June 2020

¹ [www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/about-our-statistics/code-of-practice/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics/](http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/about-our-statistics/code-of-practice/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics/) Part 1: Pre-release access to final form (24 hours) (last updated June 2020)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

- PS/Secretary of State
- PS/Forestry Minister
- Sophia True, Secretary of State’s Media Special Adviser
- Sam Richards, Secretary of State’s Policy Special Adviser
- Tim Brooks, Head of Forestry
- Ralph Weir, Policy Adviser
- Rory Lunny, Policy Adviser
- Jessica Jacques, Senior Strategic Communications Officer
- Phoebe Brown, Communications Officer
- Adam Bealby, Head of External Communications, FC Team
- The Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State
- Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity)
- Victoria Prentis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Edward Barker, Director
- Naomi Matthiessen, Deputy Director, Forestry
- Isabella Murfin, Deputy Director, Forestry

Forestry Commission:

- Ian Gambles, Chief Executive Officer

- Richard Greenhous, Director of Forest Services

- Steph Rhodes, Head of Policy and Strategy, Forest Services

- Mark Broadmeadow, Principal Adviser, Climate Change, Forest Services

- Joe Watts, Head of Sustainable Forest Management, Forest Services

- David Cross, Evidence & Analysis Manager, Forest Services

- Sir William Worsley, Forestry Commission Chair Pre-Release Access - Recipients

- Richard Britton, Head of Forest Services Delivery

- Anna Brown, Head of Plant Health Forestry and Contingency

Forestry England:

- Stuart Burgess, Senior Press Officer
- Michael Seddon, Chief Executive
- John Stride, Policy and Insight Manager

Scottish Government:

- First Minister
- Martin Ward, FM Deputy PS
- Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform
- Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy
- Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment
- PS/DG Enterprise, Environment & Innovation
- Bridget Campbell, Director, Environment and Forestry
- Clare Hamilton, Climate Change
- Kate Higgins, Special Adviser
- Scott Rogerson, Communications Greener
- Chloe Bain,
- Carole Teale,
- Christopher Mackie,
- Alistair Montgomery

Scottish Forestry:

- David Signorini, Chief Executive
- Alan Hampson, Head of Standards, Evidence and Expertise
- Jonathan Taylor, Head of Secretariat
- Brendan Callaghan, Head of Operational Delivery
- Helen Sellars, Head of Sustainable Forest Management
- Amy Nicolson, Land Use & Climate Change Policy Adviser
- Vicky West, Climate Change analyst
- Paul Munro, Press officer
- Steve Williams, Press officer Forestry and Land Scotland:
- Simon Hodgson, Chief Executive
- Trefor Owen, Director Land Management
- Michael Hymers, Head of Corporate Support

Welsh Government:

- PS First Minister
- PS Minister for the Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs
- PS Minister for Finance and Trefnydd
- PS Permanent Secretary
- Daniel Butler, Special Adviser
- Tim Render, Director for Land, Nature and Forestry Division
- Gian Marco Currado, Director for Environment and Marine
- Ceri Witchard, Deputy Director for Land, Nature and Forestry Division
- Elizabeth Lyon, Head of Forest Resources Policy Branch
- Jon Travis
- Glyn Jones, Chief Statistician
- Stephanie Howarth, Head of Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Statistics
- Heledd Owen, Head of Communications and Marketing, Natural Resources Dept
- Sara Parry, Strategic Communications Officer
- Simon Jenkins, Head of News

Natural Resources Wales:

- Ruth Jenkins, Head of Natural Resource Management Policy
- Richard Cardwell, Senior Statistician
- Michelle van-Velzen, Sustainable Land Management Team Leader
- Dominic Driver, Head of Land Stewardship

Forest Research:

- James Pendlebury, Chief Executive
- Clare Parker, Head of Communications Part 2: Pre-release access for quality assurance (last updated June 2020)

Forestry Commission:

- Mark Broadmeadow, Principal Adviser: Climate Change, Forest Services
- David Cross, Evidence and Analysis Manager, Forest Services

Scottish Forestry:

- Alan Hampson, Head of Policy
- Helen Sellars, Head of Sustainable Forest Management
- Brendan Callaghan, Head of Delivery & Regions
- Amy Nicolson, Land Use & Climate Change Policy Adviser
- Pat Snowdon, Head of Economics and Climate Change
- Vicky West, Climate Change analyst
- Bruce Auchterlonie, Climate Change analyst

Forestry and Land Scotland:

- Jo Ellis, Acting Head of Land Management
- Trefor Owen, Director Land Management
- Michael Hymers, Head of Corporate Support

Forest Research:

- James Pendlebury, Chief Executive
- Chris Quine, Chief Scientist
- Nicol Sinclair, Head of Inventory, Forecasting & Operational Support (IFOS)

Welsh Government:

- Elizabeth Lyon, Head of Forestry Resources Policy Branch

Natural Resources Wales:

- Dominic Driver, Head of Land Stewardship
- Melanie Meaden, Strategic Policy Adviser